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dumb
(dŭm)adj. dumb·er, dumb·est
1.
a. Lacking the power of speech. Used of animals and inanimate objects.
b. Offensive Incapable of using speech; mute. Used of humans. See Usage Note at mute.
2. Temporarily speechless, as with shock or fear: I was dumb with disbelief.
3. Unwilling to speak; taciturn.
4. Not expressed or articulated in sounds or words: dumb resentment.
5. Nautical Not self-propelling.
6. Conspicuously unintelligent; stupid: dumb officials; a dumb decision.
7. Unintentional; haphazard: dumb luck.
tr.v. dumbed, dumb·ing, dumbs
Phrasal Verb: To make silent or dumb.
dumb down (or up)
Slang To rewrite for a less educated or less sophisticated audience.
[Middle English, from Old English.]
dumb′ly adv.
dumb′ness n.
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Adv. | 1. | dumbly - in a stupid manner; "he had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone" |
2. | dumbly - in an inarticulate manner; "I nodded dumbly and he slit the envelope" |
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Translations
بِصَمَم، بِحُمق، بِبَلادَه
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dumbly
adv → stumm
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dumb
(dam) adjective1. without the power of speech. She was born deaf and dumb; We were struck dumb with astonishment.
2. silent. On this point he was dumb.
3. (especially American) very stupid. What a dumb thing to do!
ˈdumbness nounˈdumbly adverb
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